Break-in on PR60/80?

SmokinV10

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GCM 2 said:
It does not really matter which technique you use. For some people, if they choose to do it after 500 miles of locked in off road/trail use, they could be waiting months or even a few years depending on where they live before they do initial service on their front differential. Unless you live out west, 500 miles of off road driving could take someone a long time to rack up :icon_crazy:
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I was about to do the most mindless task of servicing the front diff too. Guess all the driving had a bit of a drain on my IQ. Glad someone posted this so I didn't waste time and 4 quarts of oil and end feeling stupid all day.
 
wayoflife

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GCM 2 said:
It does not really matter which technique you use. For some people, if they choose to do it after 500 miles of locked in off road/trail use, they could be waiting months or even a few years depending on where they live before they do initial service on their front differential. Unless you live out west, 500 miles of off road driving could take someone a long time to rack up :icon_crazy:
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Hell, even out here in the west, it took me a long time to get enough locked in miles to do my first change and, as you know, I put on a lot of off road miles :crazyeyes:
 
GCM 2

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olram30 said:
You know, when I went to Northridge, they did have a scrambler that they were going to put jk axles under. So I guess anything is possible.
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Back in the days before there was a Dynatrac, Currie, Spider or Tube Works axle companies it was the only way we could graft in better, beefier front or rear axles to a vehicle. You cut the center section out, made it a center drop, driver's side drop or passenger side drop, cut new axle tubes and axle shafts to length, welded on outer flanges or inner steering knuckles, attached the suspension brackets and you were done. I know I'm dumbing it down quite a bit, it does take a bunch of knowledge and skills. In fact the original question of "taking a rear D44 and making it a front D44..." well that is really no different than making a rear steer set up for your rear axle :thumb:
 
wayoflife

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SmokinV10 said:
I was about to do the most mindless task of servicing the front diff too. Guess all the driving had a bit of a drain on my IQ. Glad someone posted this so I didn't waste time and 4 quarts of oil and end feeling stupid all day.
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Yeah, had you done a front change, you would have just drained out fresh clean oil :crazyeyes:
 
Sharkey

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GCM 2 said:
Oh it's possible to do it, just not practical, and by the time you pay for all the labor and parts to fab that rear D44 into a steering front D44, you have just bought the equivilant of a brand new front fully loaded ProRock 60. :thinking:
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Fair enough. I should have asked "why", not "how". I suppose just about anything is possible regardless of whether it is practical.
 
SmokinV10

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I don't see a fill hole on the top pinion side.
 

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GCM 2

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SmokinV10 said:
Or am I being a dumbass and over complicating this when y'all were referring to this smaller hole. <img src="http://wayalife.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=96898"/>
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Yes, yes, and yes again. So in closing, the answer to all your questions would be yes.

The entire forum is standing by for your next question, which could possibly be asked through an entirely new thread.

This is what happens when you purchase top level equipment, with bottom level (or no) experience
 
wayoflife

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The small hole is the weep hole. The other fill hole is near the pinion and on the other side kinda facing the gas tank.
 
OverlanderJK

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gcm 2 said:
yes, yes, and yes again. So in closing, the answer to all your questions would be yes.

The entire forum is standing by for your next question, which could possibly be asked through an entirely new thread.

This is what happens when you purchase top level equipment, with bottom level (or no) experience
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lol!!!
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JKbrick

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GCM 2 said:
To be honest, I cannot even see the photos. I am driving and its hard to view pictures and text while at stop lights. Polarized Oakleys make it hard to read iPhone screens :icon_crazy:
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I have found that to be the best way to catch every light green, when you want to stop you can't catch a red light for anything
 
SmokinV10

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GCM 2 said:
Yes, yes, and yes again. So in closing, the answer to all your questions would be yes.

The entire forum is standing by for your next question, which could possibly be asked through an entirely new thread.

This is what happens when you purchase top level equipment, with bottom level (or no) experience
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Well.... most guys won't have "looking for the other hole" questions unless they own PR60's or 80's....unless we are talking about other holes. :eek:
 
sc_rhino

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GCM 2 said:
This is what happens when you purchase top level equipment, with bottom level (or no) experience
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I would be in this camp. One more question on pr44. Is it the same capacity as a stock rubicon 44? Or is it the same procedure, to the bottom of the tubes?
 
ERAUGrad04

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scrhino said:
I would be in this camp. One more question on pr44. Is it the same capacity as a stock rubicon 44? Or is it the same procedure, to the bottom of the tubes?
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On a PR44, fill through the fill hole until fluid comes out the weep hole. The weep hole is aligned with the bottom of the tubes and will ensure correct capacity.
 
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